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PAYSON ROUNDUP
Friday, January 27, 2017
Mogollon Moose moves into new digs From page 1 “I knew we would not fail, but I didn’t expect this.” Church knew it was a risk to open a Bonnie Dorris Direct: (928) 978-5183 bakery that specializes in expensive, higher Broker, GRI, ABR, BonnieJo@MyPaysonRealty.com quality, made-from-scratch dishes in a town SRS, SRES filled with fast food options. And she knew it www.MyPaysonRealty.com was a risk to move her business to a larger location after less than a year. But Church is a risk taker. From her humble beginnings, she just M.D., M.R.C.P. didn’t have anything to lose. Internal Medicine & Arthritis Internal Medicine & Arthritis Church was born in Nevada, her mother a blackjack dealer. Worried about her Board Certified figure, her mother didn’t eat much during Internal Medicine pregnancy and Church weighed just four pounds at birth. At age 2, her mother separated from her father. Church and her were homeless, living under bridges 1106 N. Beeline Highway 1106 N. Beeline Highway mother and underpasses. At age 8, Church weighed Payson, AZ AZ 85541 Payson, 85541 just 37 pounds. She went to live with her father. A few weeks after leaving her mother, a boyfriend murdered her mother. Her father took care of her as best as he could, but suffered several strokes. Paralyzed on one side of his body, he struggled to care for his daughter. He figured out how to make one dish for her. With his one hand, he could crack eggs and make Call 474-5251 to subscribe egg salad sandwiches for lunch. When she was just 21, Church’s father to the Payson Roundup. passed. When Church opened the Moose, she put her father’s egg salad recipe on the menu. “My mother taught me what not to do as a parent,” she said. “My dad taught me love and compassion.” Church also battled with health issues. She had six miscarriages. She gained weight and was depressed. Food became like a drug. “With every loss, I ate,” she said. “Food was the only thing I could control.” Church eventually got control of her food addiction by hiking the hills around Payson, eating better and cultivating a positive attitude. She dropped 175 pounds. She channeled her addiction into cooking for others. In the five months since Church opened, she has added several new items to her breakfast and lunch menu. Having a hard time hearing? New items include the Bimbimbap bowl Current hearing aids just not helping like thay used to? ($8) with roasted sweet potato hash, black Constantly asking your friends and family to repeat themselves? forbidden rice, quinoa, kale, spinach and The ringing in your ears driving you crazy? green onion topped with two over medium eggs and Sriracha. For breakfast, there are also oven-roast-
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Brian Church talks with a friend in the Mogollon Moose’s new dining area on Main Street. ed potatoes ($4.75). She has expanded the Moose’s offerings of pastries and breads and uses Tom Plet’s locally roasted coffee Cafasté in their cappuccinos and lattes. The menu also includes all of the breakfast, sandwich, salads, sides and panninis guests saw at the old location on Longhorn. That space was just 1,000 square feet and workers were tripping over each other trying to bake and fill orders. The new location is 2,350 square feet and gives everyone plenty of room to work. On the west side of the restaurant, Church sells Mogollon Moose related wares, such as T-shirts, tea towels and other goods. In the summer, Church will open the back patio up with raised garden beds and more seating. She hopes to host bands and hold tapas and wine nights. Starting in February, the Moose will host a First Friday event every month with bruschetta and charcuterie boards. The first is 5-8 p.m. Feb. 3. During each First Friday event, Church will introduce a new artist of the month, who will have their works on display in the café. The first artist of the month is Drew Fiala, a physics teacher at Payson High School. Church said she would have artist profiles on each table explaining what drives each artist to create. “With Drew, I am just
so intrigued with the science behind his pieces,” she said. They hope First Friday will motivate people to come out, enjoy and educate themselves on local artists while promoting more foot traffic on Historic Main Street. The farmhouse atmosphere in the dining area at the new location offers enough space for people to linger, rather than taking their food to go. They can read a book on the leather sofa in the new front seating area or use their laptop at one of the dining tables. The whole endeavor is a family affair. Her husband Brian is involved in running the business, her son Beau manages the back of the house and Brandon handles the front end. Church said it has been amazing to see her sons take on active roles in the business. Church said she wants her meals to nourish both body, soul and senses. “We are not your average soup, sandwich, cookie cutter bakery. All of our products feed body and soul.” As Church watches her sons work behind the counters, guests chat over lunch, her husband visits with an old friend and says she is beyond blessed. “Nothing has been as fulfilling as this,” she says. Contact the reporter at abechman@payson.com
County’s expansion plan hits snag From page 1 jail to the court. “We have space needs in the Payson area — whether it be a Superior Court, a jail, sheriff’s evidence storage building or administrative office space. We are beginning to address those needs,” said Steve Sanders, director, Gila County Public Works. The facilities issue came up again when newly elected District 3 County Supervisor Woody Cline, from Young, told the Star Valley Town Council the county has discovered it cannot use the NAPA building to expand county facilities in the area. District 1 Gila County Supervisor Tommie Martin, Payson, and chair of the board of supervisors said the county hasn’t yet decided whether to use the NAPA building or whether to tear it down and start over. “We have a committee studying it and they haven’t made a report,” she said and added one of the things they are looking into is the structure’s stability. “Whether the building is sound enough has always been
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a question and the answer depends on who you are talking to.” Sanders, who has been involved with the facilities issue for a number of years, said, “We are currently exploring options on how to meet the needs of the public with the space we have available. We haven’t presented our findings to the board of supervisors. Once we do, I would expect them to provide us with direction.” Sanders said the NAPA building, at 110 W. Main St., has been included in the county’s review of space available. “Our records indicate it was built in 1950. We have found some structural concerns with the building. At present, we our reviewing our options, which may include addressing the structural issues during re-construction or demolishing the building and build new,” Sanders said. The sheriff’s office and Payson court officials have been pleading for adequate facilities in Northern Gila County for more than a decade. Retired Superior Court Judge Peter Cahill said in 2015 interview with the Roundup, “It’s been a quest of mine for 12 years to get better facilities (in Payson) so trials can be held in acceptable space.” The current facilities were originally real estate offices.
The design to update the GCSO in Payson included a second story that never materialized. Payson voters rejected a 2008 bond issue to build a new county justice center. The county in 2007 put a $32 million price tag on a new criminal justice center, including court and jail facilities. That included $11 million for a new Payson jail and $6 million to upgrade the jail in Globe. Efforts started in 2014 to design a remodel of the NAPA building to accommodate two courtrooms and ancillary offices and to provide a secure passage to move prisoners from the jail to the courts. The county bought the building for more than $450,000. Since the purchase in 2014, the county has spent additional money to come up with plans to make the building meet the needs of the Payson courts and sheriff’s office. Cahill used money from his budget to bring in a courts consultant; the county hired an architect to create plans. The amount spent in those two instances are not readily available from information from the supervisors’ meetings. However, another $71,940 for a contract with a Flagstaff engineering firm was approved in November to provide pre-design services and site development alternatives. At the time of the NAPA pur-
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chase, Martin asked then Public Works Director Steve Stratton if any other quick fixes had been found in developing the county facilities plan. “(Buying the NAPA building) was the best option for Payson,” Stratton said. Later in the July 2014 meeting, Stratton added that without the NAPA property the county does not have enough land in Payson to serve the citizens. Despite the land purchase and additional studies, the building still sits vacant, as does a county property between Main and Frontier north of the NAPA building. By contrast, last year the county spent $2.2 million to remodel a Globe modular building from the studs out to provide office space for several departments. The building opened late in 2016 and is supposed to save the county money it was paying for rental space around Globe — a big part of it in a facility the county previously owned. Contact the reporter at tmcquerrey@payson.com
Cable outage From page 1 when he asked for a credit on his bill, Suddenlink denied any problems. “Called Suddenlink to get credit and was told they have no record of Suddenlink being down from last Thursday, 9:15 p.m. to the 24th! No credit given!” he said on Facebook. Carol Stanton had a funny spin on the situation. “Try rebooting your modem,” she wrote on Facebook, “if that fails, call Suddenlink — who will probably tell you to reboot your modem.” Debbie Llamas Einwalter had a happy ending. “Ours was out for 4 days,” she wrote, “happy to report we are back up now!” For those without cable service, seems they just drew the wrong card in the wrong place at the wrong time. Contact the reporter at mnelson@payson.com